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Tsirtsis Set to Take Mat in 2013 FILA Junior World ChampionshipsRedshirt freshman competes for Team USA in Bulgaria

Tsirtsis earned a spot on the U.S. Junior World Team after winning two matches and advancing at the 2013 ASICS U.S. Junior World Team Trials.

Aug 15, 2013

EVANSTON, Ill.-Before returning to Evanston for fall classes, Northwestern redshirt freshman Jason Tsirtsis (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) will be traveling overseas, to Sofia, Bulgaria, to wrestle for Team USA at the 2013 FILA Junior World Championships.

Complete results from the 2013 FILA Junior World Championships can be found with this link.

Representing his country, Tsirtsis arrives in Bulgaria when the competition begins Tuesday, Aug. 13. He will be wrestling in the 66 kg/145.5 lbs. freestyle division on Sunday, Aug. 18, the event's final day. Competition is set to begin at 1 a.m. CT/9 a.m. Bulgari time.

Tsirtsis earned a spot on the U.S. Junior World Team after winning two matches and advancing at the 2013 ASICS U.S. Junior World Team Trials on June 23 in Stillwater, Okla.

Tsirtsis redshirted the 2012-13 season and had an impressive first year, compiling an 18-3 record while wrestling unattached. He won three of the four tournaments he participated in and placed eighth in a highly-competitive Midlands field at 141 lbs. Prior to joining Northwestern, Tsirtsis was a four-time state champion at Crown Point High School, becoming just the eighth wrestler in Indiana state history to win four titles.